Mashaal says threats to
withhold taxes from PA are ineffective because
Jerusalem oppresses Palestinians anyway; Likud MK: I
will petition international community to isolate
Palestinian unity gov't including Hamas.
Hamas leader Khaled
Mashaal responded to discontent in Jerusalem
surrounding a united Palestinian government with
Hamas and Fatah sharing power, saying Friday that
threats from the Israeli government "do not scare
us."
Mashaal was
responding to a statement made by Foreign Minister
Avigdor Lieberman on Wednesday that Israel would
not transfer a shekel of tax revenues to the
Palestinian Authority were it to form a unified
government with Hamas.